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Peleliu (or Beliliou) is an island in the island nation of Palau. Peleliu, along with two small islands to its northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau. The island is notable as the location of the Battle of Peleliu in World War II.
The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from 15 September to 27 November 1944, on the island of Peleliu.
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Nov 18, 2009 · On September 15, 1944, U.S. Marines fighting in World War II (1939-45) landed on Peleliu, one of the Palau Islands of the western Pacific. Over the next several weeks, ferocious Japanese...
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Strategically unimportant, the Palau Islands were home to Japanese airfields and garrisons posing a potential, albeit minor, threat to General Douglas MacArthur’s thrust toward the Philippine Islands.
Aug 1, 2024 · Learn about the bloody and loss-making Battle of Peleliu in 1944, where American and Japanese forces fought for control of the island. See the remains of tanks, planes, guns and the Japanese headquarters on a land tour with Peleliu Adventures.
Learn how the Marines fought a fierce battle on Peleliu, a small island in the Palau chain, in 1944. The article covers the planning, the resistance, the casualties, and the aftermath of one of the worst invasions of World War II.
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Jul 1, 2024 · A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the Marines’ bloodiest battles of the war and...
